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District 25 will soon need a new Tournament Manager. The TM organizes, runs, and reports on all the district's tournaments. Details can be read here.

August was a big month for Haven Sharaf and Lew Gamerman. Haven became a Grand Life Master, and Lew reached the level of Platinum Life master. The complete list of players who earned a new rank in August is here. The lists for previous months are available through the "Member Achievements" tab at left.

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At the national tournament in the Spring the ACBL holds a special championship called the North American Pairs (NAP for short). Each district may send representatives in three categories—A=Open; B=Under 2500 Masterpoints; C=Under 500, Non-Life Master.

The district will hold its qualifying tournaments in the fall. The qualifying tournament for Flight A will be October 7-8 at the EMBA Sectional in Watertown, MA. Play will start both days at 10:30 a.m. The qualifying tournament for flights B and C will be at the Harvest Regional in Mansfield, MA. Flight C will be held on November 11. Flight B will be on November 11-12. On both days play in each flight will begin at 10:00 a.m. Players who participate in these tournaments must have qualified at a special club game during June, July, or August.

The Conditions of Contest for the NAP in 2017-2018 are posted here.

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A new tab has been added at the left: "Tips for Tournaments." It contains links to short articles about playing in tournaments sponsored by District 25. Two of the articles are new. One serves as an introduction to playing in Regional Tournaments. The other concerns the new Continuous Victory Point Scales that will be used in some Swiss events.

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NEBC President Bob Bertoni has written a letter to all bridge players in New England. It contains very important information about upcoming events. You can read it here.

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The latest report from District Director Mark Aquino can be read here or through the tab at left.

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Mark Aquino also congratulates by email everyone who advances in rank. A sampling of the replies for the last two months can be viewed here.

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The current standings of the Best in Class awards for 2017 can be viewed here. The charts include points won through the Nashua tournament. 

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Minutes: Carolyn Weiser, District 25's secretary, has provided minutes for the most recent meeting of the Executive Committee, the body that makes the most important decisions about the course of bridge in New England. You can read them here. The minutes for the latest Board of Delegates meeting are here.

Minutes from all recent meetings as well as lists of members of the Executive Committee and the Board of Delegates can always be found under the "Officers & Admin." tab at left.

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Remaining District 25 Schedule for 2017:
NAP Flight A, Watertown, MA, October 7-8
Harvest Regional and Flight B and C NAP, Mansfield, MA,
   November 8-12

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Winners Boards: NEBridge.org publishes photos of the winners of every strat in every event of every tournament sponsored by the district. Sad to say, the pages that contained the photos for 2014 and the first half of 2015 were lost in last summer's hardware catastrophe. However, the pages for all tournaments beginning with Hyannis in 2015 are available. The indexes have now been reconstructed.They are both available in the "Tournament Results" tab at left. The index by player can also be reached here. The index by tournament, date, and event is here. Please notify webmaster@NEBridge.org if you find any mistakes or want to submit a photo. It is never too late.

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District 25 is definitely social. To keep up with the bridge news and gossip in New England check out our Facebook (NEBridge) page or follow us on Twitter (@NE_Bridge) or both. Twitter is very easy and non-threatening; for instructions on how to use it, just email webmaster@NEBridge.org.

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New England Youth Bridge, Inc. has been working hard to showcase this great game to the video-game set. They urgently need our help. Details can be read here.

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